Charter bus strikes overpass in Boston; 34 people injured

In this photo released by the Boston Fire Department via Twitter, firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit a bridge as it traveled along Soldiers Field Road in the Allston neighborhood of Boston on Saturday night.

The bus from Calvary Coach Bus had originated in Philadelphia. A spokesman for the bus company told The Associated Press he had no immediate information on the crash.

The accident happened at Western Avenue on Soldiers Field Road, which The Associated Press described as a major roadway to the Massachusetts Turnpike that curves along the Charles River and passes by Harvard and Boston University.

Boston Fire Dept. via AP

Firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit a bridge in Boston.